Archive - The Learning Lab

on restraint, ambition, and the space between

why you want to do it all - and why you shouldn't.

Feb 5 • erinmerylstudy

how to teach yourself economics

the most requested subject by you guys - comment your suggestions for the next one :)

Feb 4 • erinmerylstudy

the planning system that keeps me sane

as a Cambridge student, content creator, and founder who still finds time to see her friends and get enough sleep ;)

Feb 3 • erinmerylstudy

January 2026

why is everything written by ChatGPT

I can’t take it anymore.

Jan 15 • erinmerylstudy

no one is coming to save you

I think it is a comforting untruth we tell ourselves that everything happens for a reason.

Jan 13 • erinmerylstudy

my biggest fear is being average

If you sat me down and forced me to list my greatest fears, you’d get some of the usual culprits: spiders when they’re large and fast, the knowledge…

Jan 10 • erinmerylstudy

measure your life in days you'd repeat

Our lives are tracked in milestones; that is how the world we occupy is organised.

Jan 5 • erinmerylstudy

notes on my teenage years

I turn 20 tomorrow.

Jan 3 • erinmerylstudy

why do we assume progress should feel good?

I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve achieved something and genuinely felt lasting satisfaction.

Jan 2 • erinmerylstudy

December 2025

This is The Learning Lab.

Dec 13, 2025 • erinmerylstudy

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